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Went up to Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut again last night for another awesome concert, this time it was the Halloween Hootenanny featuring Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper with special guests, Murderdolls. I’m a huge fan of Alice Cooper, I’ve seen him live a bunch of times, so the main reason for my going was the Alice show but I’ve also seen Rob Zombie three times and he always put on a big show. Halloween time + Alice Cooper + Rob Zombie = must attend.

I have never heard any Murderdolls songs so their being the opening band really made no difference to me, the way I looked at it was I was either going to discover a new band to listen to or be bored out of my mind. The only thing I really new about the Murderdolls was that Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison are in the band and they have a new record that came out a few weeks ago. I almost bought the CD when it came out but I didn’t want to chance it. The band wasn’t that bad, obviously a good fit with their combination of Cooper and Zombie and they appealed to the younger crowd, especially when they swore. I can’t remember but maybe I got just as wild at concerts back in the day when a band member onstage would yell “Fuck!”…..the kiddies ate it up with the Murderdolls. Like I said, decent performance and they made enough of an impression that I will try and check out their two albums soon. As far as the setlist goes, I didn’t know any songs so i had to look it up online.

Much to my surprise, Alice Cooper opened for Rob Zombie! I was under the impression that Alice would headline considering the pedigree and bigger setlist compared to Rob Zombie but either they are trading off the headline slot or they are appealling to the younger crowd and having Zombie headline. Didn’t matter because I’ve seen Alice seven other times and even an opening set is just as good as a headline slot. Alice always puts on a solid show, true Shock Rock theater, so his 75-80 mins was jammed with non-stop music and theatrics. Nice to see a lot of my favorite classics like ‘Ballad of Dwight Fry’, ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ and ‘Go To Hell’ with a few newer songs like ‘Vengeance Is Mine’, ‘Dirty Diamonds’ and ‘Wicked Young Man’. Actually, ‘Wicked Young Man is kind of old now since it’s release 10 years ago on BRUTAL PLANET! Alice had the full compliment of props, as well as, getting killed four times by guillotine, hanging, hypodermic needle and being put in a box and having spikes pushed through. The show was really good but my only complaint is that some of the songs were shortened and some of the performance seemed rushed. I have seen Alice put on shows that go from 90 mins to 2 hours and the longer he goes the more elaborate, the more exciting the performance is. The setlist and stage show go hand in hand so great music made up for a shortened set and i always like the way Alice incorporates the new songs to fit the plot. A true legend and a great performer.

Alice Cooper is a hard man to follow but I expected Rob Zombie to put on a very visual show just like the last three times I’ve seen him live. I will admit that I’m not the biggest Rob Zombie fan in the world…..I like White Zombie and his solo stuff but I never seem to get around to buying them, even the new album, HELLBILLY DELUXE 2, I just bought last week and have given only one spin. I knew I would recognize the White Zombie and HELLBILLY DELUXE (1998) songs but I wasn’t sure about the rest of the set. As expected, very visual show with flamepots going the entire time and plenty of props and dry ice fog but what surprised me was just how good the band sounded, it was almost like hearing it straight off the record. Zombie is popular with the younger crowd and they knew all the words to every song but what surprised me most was that I knew a lot of the songs that were post-1998, especially off the new album. Every song just killed live and the newer songs like ‘Jesus Frankenstein’, ‘Sick Bubble Gum’, ‘Mars Needs Women’ and ‘Werewolf Women Of The SS’ were really great…..so much so in fact that I have been playing HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 all day today! Of course, hearing ‘More Human Than Human’ and ‘Thunder Kiss ’65’ was awesome because White Zombie is one of those bands that we all listened to in the early to mid-90s. Overall, Zombie and his band did a solid job of following the legendary Alice Cooper (I still prefer Alice!) and he made a new believer out of me…..now I am going to go out of my way to pick up some of his previous solo albums and I may catch him live again next time around.

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